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LOT 0072
Scythian Silver Panther Looking Back Belt Mount
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
2 1/8 in. (43.3 grams, 53 mm).
In regardant pose standing on a baseline, substantial slider-loop to reverse.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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The men depicted on this vessel are each holding an elegant walking stick appropriate to Athenian citizens. They both seem to be in a drunken rage, and seemingly have just left a drinking party: the consequences of immoderate drinking were a favourite subject for vessel decorations.
